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RANAU: A 35-year-old man wanted by police for assaulting and threatening to kill a youth at a grocery store in Kampung Matupang on May 19 was arrested.

The suspect from Kg Matupang, here, was arrested around 9.30am at an unnumbered house in Kg Matupang. 

The 19-year-old victim lodged a police report on May 21, stating that the suspect had scolded him before brandishing a gold-coloured brass knuckle and issuing death threats, before repeatedly punching and kicking him.

The suspect tested positive for Amphetamine and Methamphetamine. He is connected to three other cases still under investigation under Section 457 of the Penal Code.

The suspect, from Kg Matupang and Kg Terikon, was previously involved in a case under Section 302 of the Penal Code for murder on October 29, 2014. It has been resolved.